EU amends Annex 17 of REACH Regulation
No. 08/ 2011
On April 15, 2011, the Official Journal of the European Union published new Regulation (EU) No 366/2011, adding acrylamide (CAS 79-06-1) to Annex 17, "Restrictions on the manufacture, sale and use of hazardous substances," as item 60. The regulation stipulated that after November 5, 2012, substances or mixtures containing more than 0.1% acrylamide would not be allowed to be sold on the market. Additionally, on March 3, 2011, the EU announced new Regulation (EU) No 207/2011, amending Annex 17 of the REACH Regulation, "Restrictions on the manufacture, sale and use of hazardous substances," removing pentabromodiphenyl ether and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), which came into effect three days after the announcement. Pentabromodiphenyl ether and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid have now been incorporated into the regulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). In August 2010, EU Regulation (EU) No 757/2010, namely the resolution of the Fourth Conference of the Parties (COP4) to the Stockholm Convention, amended Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 (POPs Directive) to include nine new POPs under its regulation.
Note: The nine new POPs include α-hexachlorocyclohexane, β-hexachlorocyclohexane, hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether, tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether, chlorhexidine, hexabromobiphenyl, lindane, pentachlorobenzene, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its salts, and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOS).
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(EU) No 207/2011 (PDF 701 KB) (English version only)
(EU) No 366/2011 (PDF 702 KB) (English version only)
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